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Penury dictates that I find more lucrative work — but I can’t afford to

It looks as though my only option is to move to an unheated cottage in Surrey

9 April 2016

9:00 AM

9 April 2016

9:00 AM

My adventures in penury land me with two job applications on my screen, one for MI6, one for Sainsbury’s.

Do I become a spy, or stack shelves in a supermarket? The vacancies are on a recruitment site called Indeed, one after the other: Counter Assistant, Sainsbury’s. Intelligence Officer, London. Just like that.

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